McCarthy dabbled in several creative pursuits before becoming a world-class comedic actress.
However, this proved short-lived, and she quickly dropped out to pursue comedy.
So, she shifted course and coasts by moving to Los Angeles in the late ’90s.
“I was so excited because he loomed pretty largely for me,” she said.
At one point, I got so overwhelmed because he was right there that I started crying."
Still, the Midwestern native hasn’t forgotten her humble roots.
“When you spend 20 years working your butt off, you know yourself better,” she said.
“I think the best thing I could have done was struggle until I was 30.
Twenty years of desperately trying to get a single job gets deep in your DNA.”
